Beginning in March 2008, the Post has detailed how D.C. landlords emptied rental apartments, often by refusing to correct dangerous conditions, to convert to condominiums. The city failed to enforce housing codes and rubber-stamped the conversions. | Read More

Response & Updates

At one of H.R. Crawford's redevelopment projects, George Washington Carver Estates in Northeast, workers prepare to demolish the buildings to make way for construction of new houses. Several tenants say they were forced out when they lost their heat and water. (Michael Williamson - Washington Post)

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A Broken PromiseH.R. Crawford's projects have been marred by delays and controversy.